Combined lid and lifting device.



I B. BLAKE. GOMBINED LID AND LIPTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 10 1910.

Patented Dem-6, 1910.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT @EFTQE MATTI-IIEW B. BLAKE, 0F LITTLE FALLS,MINNESOTA.

COMBINED LID AND LIFTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed May 10, 1910. Serial No. 560,598.

Lids and Lifting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved lid for pans,pots, kettles and similar cooking or other vessels, and which is soconstructed that it may also be employed for lifting and carrying thevessel.

The invention also has for its object to provide a device of the kindstated which is simple in construction, and which can be readily appliedto, or removed from the ves sel. and which will securely hold the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lid and litter which canbe applied to vessels having a bail or handle.

lYith these objects in view, the invention consists in a novelconstruction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described andclaimed. reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe device and. the vessel to which it is applied. Fig. 3 is an edgeview of the device removed from the vessel.

As shown in the drawing, the device comprises two hinged sections 5 and6, respectively, which, when they are brought together or closed up,form a substantially circular plate, the sections being so dimensionedthat their meeting edges are off to one side of the center of the plate.At the outer edge or margin of each section is a downwardly extendingflange T which is formed with an inner marginal bead 8, which bead isfor a purpose to be presently described.

On one end of the section 5 is an outwardly projecting ear 9, and fromthe section 6 extends outwardly a finger 10 having a lateral bend in thedirection of, and overlapping the ear, the lapping parts havingregistering openings through Wl11Cl1 passes loosely a rivet 11, wherebya hinge joint between the sections is made. The lateral bend of thefinger is spaced from the edge of the section 6, the slot 12 thus hadbeing for a purpose to be presently made clear.

The ends of the sections 5 and 6 opposite the hinge have handles 13which come together when thesections are closed, the contiguous edges ofthe handles being in line with the meeting edges of the sections. In theedge of the handle of the section 6 is a slot 13 The flange 7 of thesection 5, at a point midway between its ends, has an aperture 1 1, anddiametrically opposite the same, the section 6 has, adjacent to itsedge, a series of perforations 15 to form a strainer. The

perforated portion is slightly widened so as to extend beyond theacjacent edge of the section 6, which is for the purpose of enabling itto cover the pouring lip of the vessel.

The device is applied to the vessel 16 by spreading the sections 5 and 6as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, suiticiently so that the flanges 7may encircle the top portion of the vessel exteriorly, the bead 8 beingpositioned so as to lie below the head 17 at the top edge of the vessel.The bailears 18 extend through the slots 12 and 13 which brings the bail19 above the sections, and the latter may now be closed up by means ofthe handles 13, so that the flanges tightly grip the vessel, and thelatter may now be lifted and carried about without danger of dropping.The flanges encircle the vessel so that a secure hold may be taken, andthe beads 8 and 17 prevent the vessel from slipping down. The liquidcontents of the vessel may be poured out of the same through theperforations 15, by tilting the vessel, which can be readily done bymeans of the handles 13, without releasing the hold on the vessel. Itthe device is to be applied to a vessel having a handle instead of ahail, the handle is passed through the aperture 14. By dimensioning thesections 5 and 6 so that their meeting edges are off to one side of thecenter, the slots 12 and 13 may be correctly po sitioned diametricallyopposite each other to accommodate the bail ears as described.

The device will be manufactured in various sizes to suit different sizedvessels, but the arrangement of the slots to receive the bail ears andhandle adapts a device of a certain size to different styles of pots,pans, kettles and other vessels of corresponding s1ze.

I claim 2- A combined lid and lifting-device comprising hinged sectionsforming a substantially circular plate when closed, and the sectionshaving their meeting edges olt to one side of the center, an earprojecting from sweets one of the sections, a finger projecting from theother section and spaced therefrom, whereby a slot is formed to receiveone 01" the bail ears of a vessel, a pivotal connection between the earand the finger to form the hinge joint between the sections, de pendingmarginal flanges on the sections, and handles on the sections, one ofsaid handles having a slot in its inner edge Which is dliznnetricallyopposite the aforesaid fin- 1e ger, and receives the other bail ear.

In testnnony whereof l aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MATTHIElV B. BLAKE.

lVitnesses FRANK Amisrgaono, H. B. MoCoNNnLL.

